Vilcadé

The Vilcadé was a measure of length in French India . The names of the dimensions are partly used in the French spelling. It was particularly widespread in the Pondichery region.

• 1 Vilcadé = 2 Astames = 4 Coudées / Ellen = 8 Spans / Feet / Empan = 96 Fingers / Inches = 2080.57 millimeters = 921.6035 Parisian lines = 2.07898 meters
• 1 span = 115.29 Paris lines, approximately 260 millimeters (259.87 mm)

As were the measure of the distance

• 200 Vilcadés = 1 Coupoudoutouram and
• 800 Vilcadés = 1663.18 meters

See also

• Courosame
• Empan

literature

• Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers . Volume 4, Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1849, p. 381.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 964.